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On Site Question: Duplicate H2...
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Hi All
A few on-site audit tools pull information on duplicate H2 tags on pages. This implies it's a bad thing and should be fixed - is that the case?
On one of my sites the tag-line is in H2 in the header, so appears on every page... Just wondering if this is something worth fixing.
Thanks
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I have to say, GTAMP, I agree with all the above advice. As Jared notes, this isn't something that's going to wreck your traffic on its own. However, David is spot-on that it's certainly worth fixing if the cost isn't too high.
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In cases like this I always say: if it cost's nothing to remove it, then remove it!
you want see a boost, but atleast you have a better base for the future, since we just dont know how things will end up
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Hi GTAMP,
I would definitely remove the h2 tag from your site-wide header tagline.
Heading tags should be used to demonstrate a hierarchy to the content on a page and using a h2 in the site's tagline in the header is not doing this.
I wouldn't expect to see any noticeable gains from only removing the h2 tag, but it's one of those things where it all adds up in the end.
Cheers,
David
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Hi,
I wouldn't worry too much about this. It's not ideal to have so many duplicates (especially if they're on the same page), which is probably why this is getting tripped in the audit tools, but it's not something I would lose sleep about. At the end of the day, headings are for structuring content for the user, so if it makes sense, do it.
It's mostly about multiple headers on the same page, but here's Matt Cutts describing what's good/bad about this practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIn5qJKU8VM
Hope that helps!
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